Sanchez’s Studded Red Leather Jacket in Bastard, Go and Kill

Franco Lantieri in Bastard, Go and Kill (1971) Vitals Franco Lantieri as Sanchez, dangerous Mexican henchman Mexico, circa 1890 Film: Bastard, Go and Kill (Italian title: Bastardo… vamos a matar!) Release Date: March 6, 1971 Director: Gino Mangini Costume Credit: Teresa Miccinelli (credited as seamstress) WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Like so many new parents, I always have plenty of time on my hands to idle away by watching movies I know little about. For those who recognized the sarcasm in that last sentence, you’ll also recognize what a gamble it was when I decided to spend just over an hour with the little-known 1971 Spaghetti Western Bastard, Go and Kill, knowing little about it other than it was called Bastard, Go and Kill and that some guy wore a sick red leather jacket in it. Said guy turned out to be Franco Lantieri—a Sicilian actor who bears quite a resemblance to Gian Maria Volonté (from the first two films of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars trilogy”)—in the supporting role…